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- An implementation plan describes how each element of the positive behavioral support plan will be put in place, identifies the sequence in which each intervention will be implemented, and creates a timeline with the roles and responsibilities for each person involved.
- Developing an implementation plan helps ensure that both initial and ongoing efforts of the student's team will be successful.
- The implementation plan can help ensure consistency by identifying the resources, training, and strategies needed for a successful positive behavioral support plan.
- Implementing a positive behavioral support plan without the necessary resources frequently leads to high levels of frustration and limited success.
- An implementation plan can assist team members in creating a timeline and sequence for each element of the positive behavioral support plan.
- The amount of detail and type of information included in an implementation plan can change based on each individual student.
- Identifying the specific individuals responsible and the dates each activity will be completed provides documentation for each step of the functional assessment.
- The implementation plan can assist in maintaining momentum during the functional assessment process.
- The implementation plan may include dates for the development of protocols and procedures for completing the functional analysis and the team members who will participate.
- The implementation plan will include strategies that will assist the team in designing logically linked interventions.
- In some cases, it will be necessary to identify the individual steps needed for implementing each intervention.
- Most positive behavioral support plans need to be modified and adjusted, especially during the initial stages of implementation.
- Increases in adaptive behavior and decreases in problem behavior are often recorded daily and summarized weekly, while other measures that assess long-term quality of life issues may be reviewed on a monthly basis.
- The team can use the implementation form to systematically review their progress, reassess the timelines that have been set, and problem solve when individual difficulties arise.
- Teams that utilize the data they gather on a regular basis often view the information as rewarding and are eager to review their progress.
- Providing the data in a visual format will allow the team to see that a problem behavior is gradually decreasing.
- A simple one-page summary could be used to include information regarding a number of measures related to quality of life, interaction patterns with others, or other qualitative assessments.
- Use the implementation form that works for your team and design it in such a way that the form itself can be used as an ongoing agenda for each meeting.
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